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BLACKSBURG – The 15th-ranked Virginia Tech men’s tennis team downed No. 62 Clemson 6-1 on Sunday afternoon to improve to 12-1 overall and 4-0 in the ACC, marking the team’s best league start since joining the conference in 2004.

Tech took the doubles point with wins in the No. 2 and No. 3 matches. Hunter Koontz and Florian Nicoud paired up on court three to defeat Alejandro Augusto and Daffra Sanon, 8-5.

In the No. 2, Joao Monteiro and Edoardo Tessaro clinched the point for Tech with an 8-4 decision over Clemson’s (9-8, 0-3 ACC) Hampton Drake and Christian Harris.

The Hokies took a 2-0 lead after Koontz rolled past the Tigers’ Austin Ansari 6-0, 6-2 on court four. Tech’s 98th-ranked Monteiro defeated Sanon 6-3, 6-2 on court three to put the Hokies on top 3-0.

Amerigo Contini, ranked 55th, clinched the match for the Hokies as he defeated Clemson’s 91st-ranked Hunter Harrington in straight sets on court one, 6-3, 6-3.

Clemson got on the board with a win in the No. 6, but the Hokies claimed the final two singles matches beginning with 40th-ranked Andreas Bjerrehus taking down Augusto, 7-5, 7-5.

The Hokies wrapped up the match with Tessaro battling Drake on court five. Tessaro took the first set in a tiebreaker, 7-6(4) but Dreake came back for a 6-4 win in the second set. The final set was decided in a super tiebreaker where Tessaro held on for the 10-8 win.

Virginia Tech will return to action on Friday, March 20 at Wake Forest in a 4 p.m. match.

Singles
1. #55 Amerigo Contini (VT) def. #91 Hunter Harrington (CU) 6-3, 6-3
2. #40 Andreas Bjerrehus (VT) def. Alejandro Augusto (CU) 7-5, 7-5
3. #98 Joao Monteiro (VT) def. Daffra Sanon (CU) 6-3, 6-2
4. Hunter Koontz (VT) def. Austin Ansari (CU) 6-0, 6-2
5. Edoardo Tessaro (VT) def. Hampton Drake (CU) 7-6(4), 4-6, 1-0 (8)
6. Luke Johnson (CU) def. Florian Nicoud (VT) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 4,3,1,6,2,5

Doubles
1. Harrington/Johnson (CU) def. #64 Bjerrehus/Contini (VT) 8-4
2. Monteiro/Tessaro (VT) def. Drake/Christian Harris (CU) 8-4
3. Koontz/Nicoud (VT) def. Augusto/Sanon (CU) 8-5
Order of finish: 1,3,2

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